Summary:

"From the publication of the first chapter in Blackwood's in August 1830 to the appearance of a 'People's Edition' in 1854, Warren's [work] was an international literary sensation. Written from the perspective of a late physician who recounts the 'secret history' of the medical profession, including his own 'Early Struggles' to become a prominent physician in London, the series consisted of sketches of notable medical cases, which range from the macabre to the sentimental. ... This period of immense popular currency coincides with the key decades for the professionalisation of medicine in Britain." Megan Coyer, Literature and medicine in the nineteenth century periodical press (Edinburgh Univ. Press, 2017), page [124].   

Language:

English

Physical Type/Description:

2 volumes ; 18 cm

Source of Acquisition:

Gift to The Abner Wellborn Calhoun Medical Library presented by Dr. Mary Z. Skorapa, 24 May 1976.

General Note:

Published anonymously. Author named as Samuel Warren in later editions.

Originally published in Blackwood's magazine.

Local Note:

HEALTH: Added as part of 2008 Rare Book Project.

The online edition of this book in the public domain, i.e., not protected by copyright, has been produced by the Emory University Digital Library Publications Program.   

Additional Physical Form:

Also available online.

Ownership and Custodial History:

Autograph (undeciphered) on flyleaves.

Binding Note:

Half-bound books with leather and line-grain red cloth bearing a marble pattern, gold stamping on cover boards and spine, raised bands on spine, marbled endpapers and page edges. Joints and spine covers worn. Binder's ticket on back pastedowns: "Bound by Archer & Sons, Belfast."